The novella of N. Gogol "Sorochinskaya Yarmarka": a brief summary

"Sorochinskaya Fair", the brief content of which we will consider, is the first story in the collection "Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka". It is interesting that there are only 13 chapters in the work. This leads to certain thoughts. And indeed, the speech in the story is about the line, or rather about the history associated with it.

The work begins with a description of the luxuries of a summer day. The action takes place in Little Russia. The wagons filled with goods are moving among the splendor of the August afternoon. Hiking people are also hurrying to the fair, which takes place in the town of Sorochinets.

Cherevik goes to the fair

Solopius Cherevik wanders, exhausted by the heat. He follows a cart loaded with sacks of wheat and hemp, on which sit the black-browed girl and her wicked stepmother. Beautiful Paraska attracts the attention of local guys. One of them, who is dressed smarter than the others, admires her and starts a quarrel with her stepmother. This episode can not be missed by compiling a summary.

"Sorochinskaya Fair" (Gogol), according to the chapters retold, of course, can not be compared with the original. We hope that this article will cause your interest in the work.

Meeting with Tsybula

Finally, the travelers come to the godfather, the Cossack Tsybul. Here they for a while forget this incident. Cherevik, along with his daughter, soon goes to the fair. Pushing between wagons, this hero learns that the fair is organized in a "cursed place". Everyone is afraid of the appearance of the red scroll. By the way, there are already certain signs that she is here. Cherevik is concerned about what will happen to his wheat. However, he quickly returns to the "former carelessness" the look of Paraska, who embraces a guy met on the road.

Matchmaking

The above mentioned pair is represented as Golopupenkov's son. He uses an old friendship in order to take Cherevik to the tent. About the wedding, everything is decided after a few mugs. However, when Cherevik returns home, his formidable wife does not approve of this engagement, and Cherevik retreats. A certain gypsy who trades oxen at the saddened Gritska (the guy's name), undertakes to help him, although not completely unselfishly.

Trouble at the Fair

Soon the rumors about a strange incident began to fill Sorochinskaya Fair. The summary of it was as follows: the above-mentioned red scroll appeared, which many saw. Because of this event Cherevik with his daughter and the godfather, who wanted to spend the night under wagons, immediately go home. They are accompanied by frightened guests. Khavronya Nikiforovna, who delighted Afanasy Ivanovich with her hospitality, is forced to hide it on the boards under the ceiling, where the household utensils are kept . She has to sit on the table and on needles.

The story of the red scroll

Further, the cuma at the request of Cherevik tells him about the red scroll in the work "Sorochinskaya Fair." The summary of the chapters of this story can not be compiled, having missed this story. This is a very important part of the work.

So, one hell was banished from hell for some kind of fault. With grief he was drinking, nestling under the mountain, in a shed. The devil drank all he had. He had to lay his red scroll, but he threatened that he would come after her in a year. However, the greedy shnikar, to whom he owed, forgot about the deadline. He decided to sell the scroll to a certain man who looked in his way.

When the devil returned, the bugler pretended to have never seen the scroll. He left, but the evening prayer of the deceived was interrupted by the pork snouts that appeared in all the windows. These pigs, on "long, stilted" legs, treated the shinkar with whips until he confessed to the deception he had committed. But this did not help the devil very much, since it was impossible to return the scroll: the man who left with her, robbed the Gypsies. He sold the scroll to a re-purchase, which again brought it for sale at the Sorochinskaya Fair. However, for some reason, the trade did not work out. The woman realized that the case in the scroll, and decided to burn it, throwing it into the fire. However, the scroll did not burn. Then the repurchase decided to shove on someone else's ill-fated "fucking gift."

The new owner of the scroll got rid of it only when he chopped it into pieces, having crossed himself. These parts he scattered around, after which he left. However, the story did not end there. Since that very moment, the devil appears during the fair. He is looking for pieces of the scroll, and now he lacks only the left sleeve. When the narrator reached this place of his narration, which was interrupted several times by strange sounds, suddenly a window broke and a "terrible pig's face" appeared.

General panic

Then the amusing scene of general panic is described by Gogol. "Sorochinskaya Fair", the summary of which we compose, attracts readers not only with mysticism, but also with humor. So everything was mixed up in the hut: Popovich fell with a thunder and a bang, the godfather climbed under the hem of his wife, and Cherevik rushed out, grabbing the pot instead of the hat. However, soon he was exhausted and fell in the middle of the road.

Events after the appearance of the line

The next morning the events related to the red scroll were discussed by the whole Sorochinsky Fair. Their brief content was filled with chilling details. Nevertheless, the fair still rustled. And now Cherevik, who in the morning caught the red cuff of the scroll, is leading his mare to sell.

The hero goes to the fair, in advance no tea is any good from his trade. On the way he meets a tall gypsy who asks him what he is going to sell. Cherevik is perplexed about this issue, however, turning around, suddenly notices that he does not have a mare. The hero has only a bridle in her hands, and a red sleeve is tied to her!

In horror, Cherevik rushes to run, but it is caught by the lads. The hero is accused of having stolen his mare. Together with the grown up godfather, who fled from the devilry, he saw it, Cherevik connected. He is thrown into the barn, on the straw. Here Golopupenkov is a son and finds both kumas who mourn their share. He asks to marry Paraska for himself, for which he releases the captives. Solopia goes home. Here he is waiting for a mare, miraculously recovered, as well as its bakers and wheat.

The final

So we got to the finale, describing the work "Sorochinskaya Fair". The brief content of this story is intriguing, is not it? What ended this story? Do not worry, the devil did not show up. And did it exist? On a fairly optimistic note, the story "Sorochinskaya Fair" ends. The summary of the finale is the following: in spite of the fact that the frantic stepmother is trying to prevent the wedding with all her might, everyone is having fun, dancing, including old old women. They, however, carry away only hops, but not common joy.

It seems to be a happy ending. However, at the very end of his story Gogol admits a note of aching sadness to a cheerful picture. He briefly notes that everything is transitory in this world. Youth, joy, as well as life itself, once destined to be completed. And in the future work of Nikolai Vasilyevich this final chord of the sunny, light story will be heard, all intensifying with the years.

Very interesting work - "Sorochinskaya Fair." Summary for the readers' diary can be compiled on the basis of this article, including the necessary quotations in it.